Border guards on murder charges after mutiny

Bangladeshi police charged more than 1,000 border guards with murder and arson yesterday after a mutiny in the capital, Dhaka, left up to 148 people dead or missing, most of them army officers. The government announced plans to form a special tribunal to try the guards who organised the mutiny. An army spokesman said that out of 181 officers, only 33 are known to have survived the uprising at the Bangladesh Rifles border force headquarters in Dhaka. It was unclear whether the majority of border guards would face the special tribunal or other courts. Associated Press in Dhaka

Deputy caught on film assaulting girl in cell

A US court has released video of a sheriff's deputy allegedly assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a prison cell at SeaTac city hall in Washington state. Paul Schene, 31, who has been on leave since the November incident, was bailed on charges of using excessive force against the girl. He pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree assault at a court appearance last week. According to the other deputy present, a trainee at the time, the girl called them "fat pigs". Schene said the girl had assaulted him by kicking her shoe off. She had been detained on suspicion of theft after being stopped in a stolen car. Dan Glaister